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A sermon on the much lamented death of that reverend and worthy Servant of…
A sermon on the much lamented death of that reverend and worthy Servant of Christ Mr. Richard Adams, M.A. sometime fellow of Brazen-Nose College in Oxford, afterwards, minister of St. Mildred Bread Street, London, more lately, pastor of a congregation in Southwark, who deceased Febr. 7th, 1697/8 preached, February the 20th, 1698 / by John Howe.A sermon on the much lamented death of that reverend and worthy Servant of Christ Mr. Richard Adams, M.A. sometime fellow of Brazen-Nose Colledge in Oxford, afterwards, minister of St. Mildred Breadstreet, London, more lately, pastor of a congregation in SOuthwark, who deceased Febr. 7th, 1697/8 preached, February the 20th, 1698 / by John Howe.
London: printed by S. Bridge for Tho. Parkhurst, 1698
A Funeral Sermon ON THE DEATH OF Mr. Richard Adams. › Section 2: 2. Of Imitation.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. Of Imitation.
And as such Strokes, when they come, ought to be Lamented, They that by such Strokes are taken away, ought to be Imitated. The Example remains; you have the Idea left; you know how such a one Lived, how he Walked, how ⟨p. 45⟩he Conversed with his Family, how he Conversed with you as he had occasion: That Excellent Spirit he discovered in all, how much of an Imitable Example has it given to all those that are capable of Imitating, and Receiving Instruction that way.
And as such Stroaks, when they come, ought to be Lamented, They that by such Stroaks are taken away, ought to be Imitated. The Example remains; you have the Idea left; you know how such a one Lived, how he Walked, how ⟨p. 45⟩he Conversed with his Family, how he Conversed with you as he had occasion: That Excellent Spirit he discovered in all, how much of an Imitable Example has it given to all those that are capable of Imitating, and Receiving Instruction that way.